Word Up

Yo, pretty ladies around the world

Got a weird thing to show you so tell all the boys and girls

Tell your brother, your sister and your mama too

'Cause we're about to throw down and you'll know just what to do

Wave your hands in the air like you don't care

Glide by the people as they start to look and stare

Do your dance, do your dance, do your dance quick, mama

Come on, baby, tell me what's the word

Word up (Up, up), everybody say

When you hear the call you've got to get it underway

Word up (Up, up), it's the code word

No matter where you say it you'll know that you'll be heard

Now all you sucker DJ's who think you're fly

There's got to be a reason and we know the reason why

You try to put on those airs and act real cool

But you've got to realize that you're acting like fools

Give us music, we can use it, we need to dance

We don't have the time for psychological romance

No romance, no romance, no romance for me, mama

Come on, baby, tell me what's the word

Word up (Up, up), everybody say

When you hear the call you've got to get it underway, ow

Ow, dial L for love

Ah, hey, hey

Ah, hey, hey

Now just come on, all you people say

(W-O-R-D up, W-O-R-D up) Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

(W-O-R-D up, W-O-R-D up) Oooh!

(W-O-R-D up) Hey, hey

(W-O-R-D up) He-hey

Hey, hey, hey, yeah

Hey, hey, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

Yeah, oooh, oooh, oooh, woh

Tell me like that, like that

Say it like that, now, now, yeah

That's the word, everybody's got to know the word

Like that, come on

Ow, take me real low